The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Yongsheng County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. The county is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in the middle of Lijiang City, Yongbei Town. As of 2008, Yongsheng County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 10 townships (including 7 ethnic townships). Yongsheng County has a total population of 392024 in 2010 and a local GDP of 4.48 billion yuan in 2012. Yongsheng is rich in products, known as "northwest Yunnan granary", "land of fish and rice". Rice, sugarcane, flue-cured tobacco and peanut are the main crops. Yongsheng Chenghai is famous for being rich in natural algae protein. Chenghai spirulina is listed as the key project of Yunnan Provincial Government's "18 Biological Development Project". The tourist attractions in Yongsheng County are Chenghai, Lingyuanqing, Yangping Reservoir, Mao ancestral Hall, Lijiang Biantun Museum, Sanchuan Tulin and Hongshiya ancient earthquake sites.